Improvement in bale-ties



C. H. CHASE.

BALE-TIE. No.169,521. Patented Nov.2,1875.

N.FETERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, 0 CV UNITED STATES PATENTOEEIoE.

CHARLES H. CHASE, OF NEW ORLEAES, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO JASPER THAYER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,521, dated November2, 1875 application filed April 26, 1875.

lb all whom it may concern Be it known-v that I, CHAS. H. CHASE, of NewOrleans, Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Buckle or Fasteningfor Bale- Ties, which fastening can be used in connecprojections 6 and7, intended to guide the lower end of the hoop in its passage upwardthrough the buckle, are also shown in the front view K andalso the wedge8, for tightening the hoop in the cufi. K shows the form of the openingin the cufl or clasp, and also an edge view of the hoop with rivet 5.The end of the hoop 0 may be bent around the lower end of the clasp, orriveted, as shown in the drawing. The cuff may be made with an openingthrough either the front or back part of it, in order that the hoop maybe inserted edgewise.

Having explained my improved buckle, clasp, or cuff, so. that oneskilled in the arts can manufacture the same, the following claim ismade: a

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

. The cuff K with projecting guides or lugs 6 and 7, elongation B,rounded corners a, a, rivet 5, and wedge 8, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

C. H. CHASE.

Witnesses ANDREW HERO, Jr.

M. EGNEY.

